John Morgan Sr. (1669 - 1744)

Born 22 Nov 1669 in Radnorshire, Wales

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Jones) Morgan — married about 1692 in Pennsylvania, British America

Descendants

Died Dec 1744 at age 75 in Pennsylvania, British America

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Biography

John was born on 22 November 1669 at Vainer, parish of Nantmell, Radnorshire, Wales.^[1]

In 1691, James Morgan and his wife Jane, along with with several of their children, emigrated from Wales aboard the ship, "The Morning Star" to North America. James' wife died on 8 Nov 1691 aboard ship and was buried at sea.^[2]

Year 1691, Pennsylvania

Primary Immigrant: Morgan, James

Family Members: Child Margaret, Child John, Child Evan, Child James

John married Sarah, (daughter of John Evans, of Nantmell, Radnorshite, "gentleman'" his kinsman). They are believed to have had the following children:

• John Morgan (14 Jul 1695/6 - 21 Feb 1731) m1. Patience Perminter, m2. Hannah William
• Sarah Morgan^[3] (4 Jul 1698 - 1 Jan 1777) m. Joseph Jones [1st cousin, see research note]
• James Morgan (8 Oct 1700 - 1 May 1701)
• James Morgan (5 Jun 1702 - bef 1744)
• Evan Morgan (1 Nov 1704 - bef 1744)
• Samuel Morgan^[3] (20 Nov 1709 - abt 1759) m. Magdalen Evans
• Mordecai Morgan^[3] (21 Jul 1713 - 29 Dec 1782) m. Mary Pugh

John Morgan acquired three plantations in Radnor, Pennsylvania, near “Morgan’s corner,” which he called “Nantmeal [Nantmell] Hall,” “Vainor,” and “Brui Lion.”

He died about Dec 1744.^[3] His Will names:

Brother James

Children: Samuel and Wife, Mordecai, and Sarah

Grandchildren: Sarah, Elinor, Jane, Hannah, Mary, John, Thomas, and Elizabeth.

Friends Meeting at Radnor

Edward Evans, workman.

Servants: Thomas William, Margaret Hastin, and Eve Maria Hoofman

Executors: Samuel and Mordecai Morgan

Trustees: Thomas Thomas, John Havard, Evan Evans, and David Edwards

Research Notes

John's wife, Sarah Jones, dtr of John Evans (Welsh naming convention: John ap Evan) and Delila her mother, was disowned in 1694 for "allowing daughter Sarah to marry her 1st cousin” [however, her father did name her in his Will]) Under the Welsh naming tradition, a daughter would be Sarah dtr of John. John was later changed to Jones in American naming tradition.

Sources

1. ↑ Records in the Library of Congress indicate there was a Morgan bible, owned by a descendent in Maryland in 1897. However, the whereabouts of that Bible today are unknown. "The Tennessee Bicentennial First Families of Tennessee Project," The Morgan Family; by Phebe Morgan, 1 Aug 1996
2. ↑ "Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1502-1900s": (Publication 2606.12. GLENN, THOMAS ALLEN. Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania. Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 2000. Volume I. 233p. page 132.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Will of John Morgan of Radnor, Chester County, Pennsylvania, dated 8 Oct 1744, proved 9 Dec 1744, Yeoman; Recorded at Philadelphia. Will Book G, p. 153, &c.

• See also
• Welsh settlement of Pennsylvania by Charles Henry Browning, 1912; reprinted Baltimore, Genealogical Pub Co., 1967
• Merion in the Welsh tract, with sketches of the townships of Haverford and Radnor. Historical and genealogical collections concerning the Welsh barony in the province of Pennsylvania settled by the Cymric Quakers in 1682, by Thomas Allen Glenn, 1896
• Ancestry.com. Welsh founders of Pennsylvania [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. (Original data: Glenn, Thomas Allen,. Welsh founders of Pennsylvania. Oxford: Fox, Jones and Co., 1911-1913.) (Link to the Record) http://books.google.com/books?id=aepTGZpT1FMC&dq p. 135